Allies of the Congress Donald Trump On Tuesday, the FBI mischaracterized standard operating procedure in what they called an assassination attempt on the former president during a 2022 search of his Mar-a-Lago estate by President Joe Biden’s administration. confidential documents.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., He wrote in X He said the Justice Department and the FBI had plans to “assassinate” Trump and “give the green light.”
Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., Posted in X President Joe Biden “ordered a hit on Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida.”
The posts came shortly after Trump, who was not at Mar-a-Lago the day of the FBI search, wrote on Truth Social that he was shown reports showing that “Joe Biden bent the DOJ during an illegal and unconstitutional raid in March.” -a-Lago OBSTRUCTED THE FBI BY USING DEADLY (DEADLY) FORCE.
Trump, who often accuses Biden of weaponizing the justice system against him, meant it newly opened court documents Regarding documents found at Mar-a-Lago after the FBI searched it in 2022.
In a rare statement Tuesday night, the FBI said it followed standard procedure in searching Trump’s property and that no additional steps were ordered.
“The FBI followed standard protocol in this search, as we do for all search warrants that contain a standard policy statement limiting the use of deadly force. No one has given instructions to take additional steps, and there have been no deviations from the norm in this matter,” it was stated in the information.
according to Justice Ddepartment policy, law enforcement officers are permitted to use force only when there are no other safe alternatives. The policy further states that deadly force is authorized only “when necessary, that is, when the officer has a reasonable belief that the subject of such force poses an imminent threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or another person.”
A Trump campaign spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday night, and spokespeople for Greene and Gosar did not elaborate on the writings.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to charges that he willfully withheld national defense information about classified documents discovered at his Florida property after leaving office and that he ordered a Mar-a-Lago employee to delete the property’s security video. The trial was adjourned indefinitely.